After Gu Chenhui’s reminder, everyone immediately looked around. Indeed, Gong Liang was nowhere to be seen. They all understood what that implied.
“It’s the same as Brother Hao Yu’s situation,” Ke Wuwen unconsciously glanced at Hao Yu. “We can’t see the progress of the trial.”
Tong Zheng ruffled Ke Wuwen’s hair, lowered his head, and whispered with a smile in Ke Wuwen’s ear, “If it’s this person, there’s no need to worry. He’s the same type as your idol, Brother Chi.” Su Dan Novel Network
Ke Wuwen let out a sound of surprise. He didn’t dare to look at Chi Hao, but since Tong Zheng said Gong Liang was the same type as Chi Hao, his worries vanished. Someone who could be mentioned in the same breath as Chi Hao would definitely have no problem dealing with such a minor hurdle.
Youmi, after tending to Gao Zhenli’s injuries and helping her to rest, also came over and said curiously, “Is Gong Liang’s side going smoothly? Why haven’t we seemed to receive any punishment yet?”
“Don’t worry,” Gu Chenhui turned and sat directly on the snow. “Although we don’t know Gong Liang very well, from my intuition, I can tell he’ll come out soon, and we won’t receive any punishment. Just rest easy and wait for him to come out.”
Uh… Youmi gave a wry smile. She could tell Gong Liang wasn’t a simple person, but she didn’t think he was as formidable as Gu Chenhui made him out to be.
In Youmi’s opinion, only Chi Hao could easily clear the trial.
But judging by their current situation, that Gong Liang seemed to have indeed accomplished it. Otherwise, why would they be able to wait here so nonchalantly to rest?
Inside the trial, Gong Liang coldly looked at the curved saber in his hand and the seven provocative opponents opposite him. No matter how many times he repeated it, his choice would never change. The lives of others meant nothing to him. Whether friend or family, in the face of death, he, Gong Liang, was the embodiment of ruthlessness.
The curved saber fell, again and again. As long as someone could still stand, he would continue his actions until only he remained.
This was something he had to do. He had volunteered from the beginning, and he found it effortless and even enjoyable.
This time was no different from the past. Although the number of repetitions was slightly higher, in the end, he would be the victor, and the only victor.
In a blink of an eye, he was back on the snow mountain, looking at his teammates gazing at him with calm expressions. Gong Liang walked over at a leisurely pace. Before sitting down to rest, he casually told the others, “You’re welcome.”
Ke Wuwen snuggled into Tong Zheng’s embrace and whispered cautiously into Tong Zheng’s ear, “Brother, this guy is really amazing. We didn’t feel anything, and he came out. And, apart from the burns earlier, he’s completely unharmed.”
Youmi, who had been sitting beside them, overheard their hushed conversation.
“Do you think Gong Liang’s task outside was not difficult? Or is he truly so powerful that he has no weaknesses for the system to attack?”
Tong Zheng shrugged. “Who knows? For people like him, ordinary folk like us can’t figure them out.”
Youmi nodded in agreement. “Yes, just like Mr. Chi. We’ve been through various instances together since entering the City of Death, but even now, no one can truly see through him.”
“Oh? What about Ming He?”
“Ming He?” Youmi frowned slightly. “Are you asking if Ming He can understand Mr. Chi, or if we can understand Ming He?”
Tong Zheng glanced at the curious Ke Wuwen. “Both, I suppose. Jing Ming He disappeared, we had a hasty encounter in this instance, and Chi Hao’s reaction seemed normal, yet abnormal. It was as if he knew something, but he wouldn’t say, and we couldn’t pry it out of him.”
Tong Zheng’s words left Youmi feeling a bit confused. However, she knew that here, many things didn’t need to be understood too clearly.
As they spoke, they all unconsciously looked towards Chi Hao, who was standing alone not far away. In this instance, excluding Jing Ming He, Chi Hao was the only one who hadn’t entered the trial.
When would Chi Hao’s trial begin? Youmi wasn’t worried that Chi Hao wouldn’t pass, but she was worried that Chi Hao might act recklessly, especially since Jing Ming He wasn’t around.
As Youmi was contemplating, Tong Zheng suddenly stood up. “It’s here.”
Immediately after, Chi Hao, Gu Chenhui, and the others also stood up one after another.
The surrounding environment began to change, but unlike before, where it shifted in the blink of an eye, this transformation was gradual, almost imperceptible to the naked eye. They could witness the conversion of their surroundings bit by bit.
Daylight slowly faded into night. The snow-capped mountains disappeared section by section, iron walls rose around them, and after some time, the environment had completely transformed.
Upon seeing the completed transformation, Ke Wuwen, terrified, quickly hid in Tong Zheng’s arms.
In this City of Death, they had seen more terrifying scenes before, but none as striking as the one before them.
The place they were now looking at resembled a colossal execution ground. Dim yellowish lights converged in one direction, illuminating a massive execution platform. People were constantly being brought in, various individuals handed over to the executioner standing on the platform.
Beneath the platform lay a true mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Tong Zheng and the others were standing on this sea of blood, the crimson liquid lapping at their ankles. Those standing on the blood had nowhere to flee.
The executioner on the platform, Chi Hao, had a cold expression, his eyes filled with bone-chilling frost. No matter the gender, age, or appearance of those brought to the platform, the executioner’s blade fell without the slightest hesitation.
The cries and pleas of the condemned only served as a reason for him to act faster.
“I remember,” Youmi couldn’t help but retreat, only stopping when she bumped into Gu Chenhui. She murmured, “I remember where I saw Chi Hao. It was in a deep, narrow alley. I was going home from my night shift that day and saw it by chance. I saw Chi Hao, he… he was executing two disabled individuals, one large and one small, and he said something: ‘The incomplete shall be purged.’ His eyes were so terrifying.”
From the first moment she saw Chi Hao, her mind had been filled with hazy memories. Those hazy impressions told her that Chi Hao was an extremely dangerous person, but they never became clear.
However, throughout their journey, Chi Hao had never done anything to harm them and had treated Jing Ming He exceptionally well. Therefore, she had stopped dwelling on those hazy feelings. But now, the haziness had become clear, forcing her to feel fear.
“Oh?” Noticing Youmi’s fear, Gu Chenhui gently patted her shoulder. “It seems Chi Hao is on the system’s side. Lu Fanfei, Lu Fanfei, do you know what you’re doing? Arranging a dog from that side to be by Xiao Jing’s side. Are you sure you can control him?”
“What?” Due to her fear, Youmi didn’t fully process what Gu Chenhui was saying, only catching the words “system” and “Xiao Jing.”
“Nothing,” Gu Chenhui reassured Youmi. “Don’t worry, that person should be able to control him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done this.”
“That person?”
Before Youmi could receive an answer from Gu Chenhui, she heard Ke Wuwen’s excited voice.
“It’s my idol! My idol has been sent to the execution platform! What do we do? How could it be my idol?”
Jing Ming He?
Youmi forgot about everything else and quickly turned to look at the execution platform. Indeed, she saw Jing Ming He, bound tightly, being sent onto the platform and thrown at the feet of the executioner, Chi Hao.